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Hunger currently affects approximately 10% of the global population, underscoring not only socio-economic disparities but also deep-rooted ethical and environmental challenges. This study investigates the interrelationship...

This study explores agrifood security in Latin America and the Caribbean using a composite indicator based on FAO data from 2002 to 2022. Regression and cluster analyses were used...

Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger) by 2030 remains a persistent global challenge, especially under current overlapping crises such as climate change...

Understanding the intersection of agroecology and feminism is crucial for women’s emancipation in food system transformations. Our research explores how Bolivian indigenous and peasant women perceive agroecology’s...

Markets for agricultural products continue to be affected by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the evolving conflicts in the Middle East, climate change and other events. Export...

This working paper presents the results of a rapid literature review of program evaluations of food subsidies to promote healthy eating that address sales/prices, consumption, and/or health outcomes...

This paper analyses national household surveys from ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America to shed light on the household-level relationship between monetary poverty and food insecurity...

This policy brief introduces a working paper conducted by FAO that sheds light on the household-level relationship between poverty and food insecurity in various countries of sub-Saharan Africa and Latin...

This brief case study presents the project "Response to the effects of climate change in the indigenous communities of Lake Poopó (Uru Murato) and the Lauca River (Uru Chipaya) in Bolivia".

Seaweed farming is widely promoted as an approach to mitigating climate change despite limited data on carbon removal pathways and uncertainty around benefits and risks at operational scales...